All Workforce articles – Page 176
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Hunt plans 25 per cent increase in student nursing placements
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt will today outline plans to create an extra 5,000 training posts for student nurses from next year, an increase of 25 per cent.
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HSJ Local
Exclusive: Trust executive director under investigation for bullying
An ambulance trust executive director has been seconded to two national organisations after being accused of bullying by senior operational staff.
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Capital's trusts to introduce 'maximum' caps on agency rates
Hospitals in London struggling to recruit medical locums to tackle staff shortages are to limit the amount they can spend even when safety is a factor from this weekend, HSJ can reveal.
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Trust warned by regulator over 'oppressive' culture
A trust in the West Midlands has been issued with enforcement action by the Care Quality Commission following concerns about an “oppressive” culture in its maternity department.
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Exclusive: Staffing agencies' profits fall after national squeeze on rates
The four largest agencies supplying temporary medical staff to the NHS have seen a 24 per cent fall in turnover, HSJ analysis reveals.
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NHS trusts to offer whistleblowers 'trial employment'
A pool of NHS trusts prepared to offer trial employment to whistleblowers is being created by NHS Improvement.
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'Major' safety fears over lack of regulation for advanced nurses
The lack of regulation of advanced nursing is a ‘major concern for public protection’, HSJ has been told.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut – On the NHS reaching Peak David Brent
The recent antics of a regional leader showing that the NHS has reached peak David Brent, it’s hard not to conclude that the NHS needs a chief anthropologist more than it needs a chief inspector, says Andy Cowper
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NHS leaders chant 'we can do this' at A&E improvement summit
NHS chief executives were led in a chant of ‘we can do this’ at a nationally convened meeting about the need to improve emergency performance, HSJ has been told.
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HSJ Local
Warning notice lifted from Broadmoor after staffing boost
Regulators have lifted the warning notice on a high secure hospital following improvements at the site.
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HSJ Local
'Outstanding' CCG chief appointed to turn around struggling neighbour
The chief officer of an outstanding rated clinical commissioning group has been appointed turnaround director of a neighbouring CCG given legal directions.
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HSJ Local
Social enterprise chief resigns suddenly to 'explore new opportunities'
The chief executive of a social enterprise that provides community services across west Yorkshire has resigned, four months after the company received a damning inspection report.
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Exclusive: Sir Mike Richards joins health consultancy
Professor Sir Mike Richards, the previous chief inspector of hospitals, is to take up a new role at a leading health consultancy, it has been announced today.
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HSJ Local
Trust chief steps down after 10 years to focus on STP
The longstanding chief executive of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust is stepping down to run the Kent and Medway sustainability and transformation partnership full time.
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NHS trusts told to check unqualified staff are not working as 'nurses'
England’s most senior nurses have instructed NHS trusts to check whether they are employing unqualified care staff with job titles describing them as “nurses”, HSJ has learned.
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HEE expects to beat record GP recruitment numbers
Health Education England is “on track” to exceed last year’s record GP trainee recruitment, a senior official has told HSJ.
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DH spent £3m on consultants for abandoned NHS Professionals sale
The Department of Health spent almost £3m on consultant advice for its plan to sell off NHS Professionals, which was dropped earlier this month.
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HSJ Local
Merger trust seeks to fix 'cultural' differences between managers and clinicians
Trust leaders have outlined plans to address “cultural” differences between clinicians and managers at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital.
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Comment
Cowper’s Cut: Jeremy Hunt’s futile gesture
What will the resignation of two chief executives last week actually achieve, asks Andy Cowper
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Unions demand 3.9 per cent pay rise
Fourteen unions representing nurses and other NHS staff have demanded a 3.9 per cent pay rise, plus a one off payment of £800 per employee.